Jimmy McGovern does more Time in the third season of his prison drama anthology

Jimmy McGovern does more Time in the third season of his prison drama anthology


By Michael Pickard
October 9, 2026

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Acclaimed British writer Jimmy McGovern continues his prison-set drama Time with a three-part season set in the restless and unrelenting world of a young offender institution. DQ speaks to him, co-writer Samuel Bailey and director Paul Whittington about making S3 and why young people behind bars are in crisis.

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